“A rich and varied compilation of recipes sure to become staples in many homes, Shaffer has managed to craft a Joy of Cooking for the Whole Foods generation.”

—Publishers Weekly

“A long-overdue and important offspring of the legendary enterprise by the same name.”

—Gary Hirshberg, CE-YO, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt

In 2003, the Mustard Seed Market & Café became Ohio’s first certified organic retailer. Founded in 1981, this shopping and dining establishment celebrates good food, fresh ingredients, and sustainable living. This encouraging and easy-to-follow book includes 250 natural brunch, soup, salad, fish, meat, vegetable, bean, grain, pasta, drink, and sweets recipes. Indexes for gluten-free and vegetarian recipes are also included, as well as a bounty of full-color photographs that evoke the Mustard Seed commitment to organic farming, natural food, and healthy lifestyles. Mustard Seed cooking school and bakery director Bev Shaffer compiled this cookbook to share Mustard Seed’s motto of “fresh food and spoiled customers” with the rest of the nation.

About the AuthorChef Shaffer has developed more than eight thousand recipes on a wide variety of subjects, including seafood, desserts, sides, and grains. She teaches in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic, the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Akron General Wellness Center, and Summa Health Systems. Chef Shaffer has made over eighty appearances on the four major Cleveland networks and on public television and has been a producer and host of an award-winning cooking show. Her weekly radio segments on WAKR’s AM Morning Drive Time feature quick and easy seasonal recipes with tips. She is a weekly columnist (“Ask Bev”) for the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s TASTE (Wednesday Food Section) and columnist (“Gadget Freak”) for Northern Ohio Live Magazine. The author of Pelican’s nationally acclaimed Brownies to Die For, she is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Chefs Collaborative, and Women Chefs and Restaurateurs and a founding member of the Les Dames d’Escoffier Cleveland Chapter.